Loader



July 14, 1925.

w. J, GEDDES LOADER v Filed Aug, 29, 1923 6 Sheets-Sheet 1 /nvenfor 1 William J Geddes LOADER 6 Sheets-Sheet 12 w. J. GEDDES Fi1 ed Aug. 29, 1923 I Wi/fiam J. Gee/ales A W 'ys July 14, 1925.

July 14, 1925,

\N. J. GEDDES LOADER h n/enfor" Wi/ham J. Geddes By 2 @112 July 14, 1925.

w. .1. GEDDES LOADER Filed Aug. 29. 1923 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 /nvenfor Wi/ll'qm J. Geddes July 14, 1925.

W. J. GEDDES LOADER Filed Aug, 29, 1 23 s Sheets-Sheet s lnve mor v William J. 6 e ades Afr 'ys July 14, 1 925. 1,545,651

- w. J. GEDDES LOADER Filed Aug. 29, 1923 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 //7venf0r W/'///'am J. Geddes Patented July 14, 1925.

PAT

MILL-1AM eonn EnD-Es, on-wnmn e-reLncNmAmo, onus-19 .aLQADER;

Ontario and Dominion o f- Canadm have invented certain new and usegfinl ln proyements in Loaders, of wh ch thefollowrngas a specification.

de and mor pee-t iile ily' t l ader adapted for manure and-the objects of the invention are to pronide an tefiieiently and economically constructed device of this eharaeter in which the several-parts will ,niere sa reqniredof them, V Fu i r bj t a e th ti i siei ize'f e manure loader. p royided with means i or macerating the material; tov he loaded {before itis transported to thelOading means.

lVith the glioregoing and other objects in View, reference is now liacl to the ajecon ipanying drawings in which like characters, of eference indicate corresponding ypants in each tiger and l;1'1YhlCl1 e Figure 1 is a side elevationo'l a complete embodiment of my device.

Figure 2 isa sideeleyation of: the rei erse side of the machine shown in Figure l.

F gure 31s a long tudinal section.

iignre l a seetion on the line 4.;L of:

Figure 1 cliign e 5 is an enlargedsec tion on the line 55 of Figure 1. V Figure 6 is a perspectiye mechanism for raising or iloweringthecylinder and foot trip means ior holding the cylinder at any required level. v h

Figure 7 is a sectional detail of Figitre'fi, i ur Sisa-dete 01 he i t o C ut h ca r is r iate .t l In the d iawings, A designates an embodi mechanism for the driving shaft wherebyment of my -i1npr0ved nachine as a hole,

comprising a platform 10 mounted on rear tractor Wheels 11 a1 1d ;12 =p1:ovided it'lra-n axle 13, the heelll be-i ngpreferably. keyed to the axle and the Wheel 12 loosely mounted thereon. ,i g

The platform 10 is sn-pported. atthe inont by a pair of smaller Wheels 14- loose ly nonnts ed on a restricted axle 15 Whichtis centrally and ,piyotally securedto the inderside of the frame to prov de, n QOll lbln ftt lQll'"With the wheels l, steeringgneans for the rnachine.

Tl 's invention relates Qtoimprovements in ,etorily erform the various? functions a j detail of a the bl be ng 3} on the Pl it Ibis steering gear is operated through a haf u ab y ounted a 6; t an ersely in e r ea tt rp etfiorm OU-a d prov ded at w end w t a a eed- Linea i am sh a s'teeringtwheel 2( a The shaft 16 has Jwonnd thereon aehain 9,1, the loose en'ds of which 'aref co nnecteel to the steeigingaxle 15in any suitable nani w ere y the st ri g Qd ,.19h ingaperated through, the Wheel QO the .s,l 1a -ft' 16f, is'

cally arranged steering rod 19 provided w ith NIT 0 r at d di u'o g the a gea 11 ti e urn th wl ee 't wquel the Pi'm lly i wii ted l5 and chalnfl .to steer thelinaehine i 11' the required direction by tiglitening.,.one rend ofthe chanrQl and slacking;thef other end an d as 'both ends are connected to the tpiyo tally mounted axle the l lfitfil i l l dllto the right or left, carrying.thesteer ng heels with bt e Fi u -.1 an 2 a u rt lgie r reference to Figures 1 and 2 and to Figure 5, in avhieh the ,n echanisin for driving'and operating themachine is more nar e le y llu tra ed, wi l disclosewtha it cemr esa; ge l n r oth suitable v 1 gine mounted ion the uplatlo 10 angel" belt-connected ,to aipnlle'y 23 011 atra nswisely; extending -.d. ?i is sha t 2 This d ving Shaft i tre i ed wi h a ifiQb Qn pulley. '25..designecl to e ng age with o a Sl-llllldl and lar i pnlley 261011 a conntershattflff arr nge i zell l ro t ef fie Wh re-by, in operation,thellatterjis rotated,

The shaft 27 is roatided avithaysproclget 28 chain-connected itlnongh a chainf291ivitl1 a sprocket iiO carried ,by a spindle 4.31 insnit r 1 im e pi l ha ms: al a therei as a beveled gear 32. designed to nesh with; a similar gea q edvbyeslle t 3 6Xi1q1ing 9 gitndmally .of the frame 1 0 and at right an-1 gles to the .shaftsQe and 27 and piiovided dj cent the end :iemete ii Qm th gear 33 with aslidable bearing 43. I

35 vis.:a beveled gearon the adjnstahly mounted end of the shaft Mand is desi ned V to alternately engage with a pair of beveled previously mentionedyis keyed the tractor wheel 11 and the wheel 12.

As shown in Figure 5, the driving mechanism is set through the gear being in engagement with the gear 36 to impart through the gear 4-4 and gear a forward movement to the tractor wheels.

The loose mounting of the tractor wheel 12 enables the machine to be readily turned.

and this wheel can be, when desired, also fixedly mounted or keyed to the axle13 by means of the shaft 38 provided with a clutch member 47 adapted to engage and disengage with a gear 48 similar to the gear 45 on the" provided with a slot 42 adapted to engage with a securing pin 48, whereby, on the lever 39' being operated, thebearing34 is slid ably operable, carrying with it the shaft 34 and the gear 35 to engage with the gears 36 and'37, respectively, as'may be required.

By operating this lever 39 to'disengage the gear 35 with the gear 36' and to move it into engagement'with the gear 37, the machine is moved backwards while, as shown in Figure 5, as already mentioned, the mechanism is set for the forward movement of the maclnne.

For controlling the operation of the driving mechanism generally, a lever 50 is provided on'the'platform 10. This, with the.

other levers, is adaptedto be operated by the driver of the machine and is link-connected through links 51 and the pivotally-mounted link 52 and link or rod 53 with a collar 53 onthe shaft 27 whereby the latter is-moved backwards into a slot '54 in the bearing to disengage friction pulley 26 with the friction pulley 25 on theshaft 24. Loosely mounted on the 'end of the shaft 24 is a pulley 55 pro vided with friction clutch 56, while 57 is a rod member connect! edto said pulley andextending across the platform 10 and bent at'58 and providedat p I din ally.

its outer end withthe'lever 59 whereby the pulley 55 is'moved into or withdrawn 7 I a a a 'and 64 is accomplished by means of a from engagement with theclutch 56.

The foregoing description deals essential- '.j

ly with the machine body'or' platform and the mechanism thereon fordriving it in the required direction, turning it and moving it backwards. v

Referring now more particularly to Figures 1, 2 and 3, we come to the disintegrating, carrying and discharging mechanism for the material to be loaded and whichis mounted on the platform 10. v

Dealing firstflwith the carrier, which is designated by the number 60, this comprises loosely mounted tractor a casing adapted to extend longitudinally of the frame 10 and formed with sides and a bottom portion and having the ends and top open. At each end of this casing member or carrier are mounted, respectively, a pair of sprocket wheels 61 and" 62 designed to carry and operatively engage with a pair of endless chains 63 and 64 provided with a plurality of spaced and transversely extending slats 65.

The lower endof the carrier is provided with a receiving member 66 fixedly mounted thereon and preferably, as here shown, compri'singa single sheet of metal secured at one end to the end of the carrier base and'bent to form a trough portion 67 with an out-' wardly anddownwardlyextending flap 68 designed to be plunged into the material to be carried'as the machine moves forward and adapted to operate in'combination with disintegrating or drum means to transport thematerial to the conveyor means in the carrier. 60. 1

It willbe noted in Figure 1 that the end of the conveyor means is adapted to extend beyond the casing or carrier 60 into the trough-shaped portion'67 of the receiving member 66, there to come in contact with the material or manure to be conveyed.

The other or discharge endof the carrier 60' is provided with a swingingly mounted a plate 69 designed, in'combination with a curved metal sheet or plateO' on the underside of the carrier, to form means for load ing the material conveyed into wagons or the like andalso in so doing to prevent, it

scattering or being blown back'under the machine.--71 are suitable braces for the plate 69." j

The carrier 60 isslidably mounted above the platform lO between a pair of vertically spaced supports 72 and 72 adjacent the rear end of "the platform, the-slidable movement backwards or forwards being given to the carrier 60 by means of ratchetformed engaging strips or plates 73 fixedly secured on each side thereof and designe'dto engage with sprocket wheels 74 and 75 carried by ash-aft 76 operable by a hand wheel thereon 7 7 to move, the carrier 60 longitu- The driving of I the conveyor chains 63 sprocket 78 mountedonthe s haft 7 9 mounted inthe end of thecarrier. This sprocket bars being further reinforced by a transversely extending cross bar 86. Y

Returning to the pulley 80, this pulley e e iet d e he .i at 1 betw en h WP tical support 82 and areinforcing.upright 87 spaced therefrom and through which theshaft 8:1 (mtenc ls tocarry a djacentthe' outer end another I tile} .8 connected a belt sawiua y 8 ed n ,a bracket n ie nherQQl carried o11 ,the outside oflthe vertical support "72. This pulley 90 is mounted on I a spindle 98 provideda igit h a gear. collar 94 adapted to mesh were larger gear wheel v95fcarried on a shaft 96in .the hraclret .ineinher 91 and above heshei tfio-f 7 1 V .1011: theup l er shaft. or spindle 9,6 is also indented a sprocket wheel "97 which connected by a chain with the sprocket T8 and [whereby through the mechanism just described the endless chains are designed to beeperated.

It has been previously. nentioned that {to throw the carrier; n echanis n ,ou'tQbf gear it 1s only necessary to 0 'aer at e the lever arm 59 to disengage thepulley {)5 from the clutch 5.6. 1

lte-ferringnow tothe operation of the cylinder ,ineinber for disintegrating the naterial .to be bladed. and impel it into the f ligl receiving member 66, this cylinder is designated by the number -99 and comprises a cylindrical d ru n ihen'iber provided with aj plurality of teeth i100 rotatably. mounted .i i i I. 1 ii on s shaft 101 carr ed a pa r of spaced supporting ar ns- 1 02 and 103 pivotally mounted ,on the forward vertical supports 82 and'fiii, respectively, and provided adjiacent the "drum pith a plate 10% whereby, in operationand in combination with the drum, the ina-terial is delivered to the trough inei ber 66. L

This drum or cylinder is operated from the driving shaft Q24 by means of a pulley 105 fixedly mounted on the shaft 81 between the vertical front si pport ,83 and a reinforcing supporting member 106 in spaced relationship thereto.

As will be readily understood, this cylinder and the mechanism for driving it is controlled by the lever 59, the operation of which has'been already described.

To raise and lower the drum a countershaft 107 is provided. This shaft is rotatably mounted between the front vertical supports 82 and 83 and is operated by hand wheel 108.

The mode of operation is as follows: A chain 109 is attached at one end fixedly to the shaft 107 running counter to the shaft 81 and is extended through a pulley 110 mounted in the roof of the machine and is connected at its outer end through a forked ticularly illustrated in .Figure ,whereby thiioiigh the ratchet member 1113 End-arias 1,14 are wheel is locked. [01; released, as may bel-filQ-silged. it l To ,raise or lower, the carrier 1 provide a r l in platfs i 1. assisted n m r backwards [and forwards ,throu gh wheels 1 1 6' Cha gers 11? formed ion the, cross 8 1 andS5, respectively. .--;l his,plat-for n carries a sh 18 u e a eb y m unte ther in; to which is ,co inectedtohaihs 1 19 and 120in turnlconnected to the carrierjat 121 and 122. 1011 this shaft 118 being ,IQtatedthe chains arerlwound therearounfc l, causing the carlrierto be drawn upwardly. y 123 .is a suitable handlei for the shaft ;118 and 12 4;.is a sprocket wheel 'mounted .tl1ere1- on and adapted to engage witha locking her 125 whereby on thelieigl itofthe carrier h sted it can -he locked at anyrem 1 evation. i l

'Ton ovethje platform ll 5backwards or fprwards and a s-the carrier inoves backwards forwards, I provide pulley 126 wheel]? is turned to the left to move the carrier, gas previoi isly described, longitudinally upwards that the pulley 126 will be rotated to tighten the cable 127 and atthe same time draw the platform on the track backwards Similarly when-the carrier is moved forward by turning the wheel 77.,to theji ight the cable127 will slacken and, throrighthe operation of the pulley whi h t is some, w ll all w the platform to move forward The pulley 126 is adjustable .to lock the cable" when required. f 0

130 and 131 .arespaced longitudinally extending members connecting the tops of the forward and rear vertical supporting members and adapted to form, with a plurality of transversely extending cross pieces at spaced intervals, a roof frame on which is the machine whereby it is protected from rain or otherwise.

133-is a suitable stop on the underside of the carrier 60 adapted to contact with the shaft 76. Y

The foregoing, it is believed, I describes fully the construction of the machine andthe mechanism for operating it, taken not generally but, as the description proceeded,

in various steps. It is only necessary to add, 7 e

as a general resume on the operation, that in loading manure, preferably in far1n-yards, the machine as here illustrated is operated by a gasoline engine. It is placed in the :front axle, or it can be driven by its own power. In placing the machine for operation it is preferably worked from the right hand side of a manure pile so as to give the belt room to run. The cylinder 91 spreader 99 must be placed sufficiently close beneath the carrier to allow the machine to move ahead the width of the former so as to enable the manure to be carried out as readily as possible and delivered to lthe conveyor means. From the carrier 60 the manure is dumped or loaded into wagons, so'that the complete operation of macerating, carrying and loading the manure is continuous, 7 V I a The means for adjusting the carrier and the cylinder upwardly and downwardly, forwardly or rearwardly, havebeenefully described, also thelmeans whereby the driving mechanism is controlled to throw the carrier and cylinder operating mechanism out of gear with the driving mechanism and vice versa.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of my invention within the scope of the clain1s,con-- structed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended'that all matter contained in the accompanying specification anddrawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What'I claim as my invention is:

1. A manure loader comprising a platform, an axle for the platform, asupporting frame on the platform and a cover for said frame, tractor wheels loosely mounted and keyed, respectively, on said axle whereby the platform is readily turnable, a pair of front steering wheels for the platform, and

a driving mechanism carried by the'platform for operating the tractor-wheels forward or baekwards, 'and mechanism operable from the platform for working the steeringwheels, a carrier slidably mounted in the platfornrframe, conveyor means in the carrier, a trough-shaped receivlng member at one end of the carrier and a discharge chute at the other end of the carrier, and means for loading material into said trough: shaped member, comprising a cylindricalv drum provided with a plurality of teeth and pivotally mounted on the frame above the carrier, and pulley and cable .means operable from the drivers seat for raising and lowering the loader, whereby the latter can be swung upwardly and downwardly and retained in a predetermined position,

'meansfor operating the conveyor simultaneously with the loader, means for raising and lowering the carrier separate from the inc; a pulley keyed on the loader shaft and pulley andbelt means connecting said pulley with the driving mechanism, and means for raising and lowering the loading member, 7 including a counter-shaft, a chain connected at one'end to said shaft and at the other end to the loader supporting members, a roofsupported pulley for said chain, and means on said shaft for winding the chain thereon. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: p p

CORNELIUS OCoNNnR-FAmLL, FRnDnroK HENRY SUMMERWILL.

WILLIAM JOHN GEDDES. I 

